diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index 79e3549cab0f40f30916499f2acca7622379fdc5..50e7fdf84055151d8c7e8bb220f7a73e96b7f3e4 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -2719,7 +2719,11 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
 
 	if (pcpu_setup_first_chunk(ai, fc) < 0)
 		panic("Failed to initialize percpu areas.");
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRIS
+#warning "the CRIS architecture has physical and virtual addresses confused"
+#else
 	pcpu_free_alloc_info(ai);
+#endif
 }
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SMP */